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rhhkeely t1_ixurmzx wrote

Pizza boxes can't be recycled. The lipids from the grease can't be remediated. As others have said recycle metal and glass, the rest is a scam. Frankly I think all the extra trucks on the road create more problems than recycling solves

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Genkiotoko t1_ixv1707 wrote

I've literally watched my trash guys take the box off my trash can and put it into recycling. After that I started to tear them in half, top into recycling and bottom folded into trash.

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TheBSQ t1_ixvf1nz wrote

As best as I can determine, the processing plants assumed the grease would fuck things up, so they wouldn’t take them. But after Dominos pizza kept getting shit for producing so much trash, they paid someone to test it, and it turned out it didn’t cause many problems, and the industry has since come around to the belief that it’s ok, and the majority of plants currently accept them.

https://www.afandpa.org/news/2020/afpa-and-industry-partners-aim-set-record-straight-pizza-boxes-are-recyclable-grease-and

That being said, I think it’s still Philly’s official stance that soiled cardboard should not be recycled.

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FrankGrimesApartment t1_ixyyuqv wrote

Dominos always seems to be on the cutting edge of stuff...they were the OG Doordash when you could monitor your food being made in the website.

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